Everything Everything for Crossover

Just been watching their Glastobury set and it's brought back just how much these guys impressed me with their debut. I held back on suggesting them when I first discovered them a year or so ago because I didn't want that initial flurry of excitement to cloud my judgement, but after listening to that record inside out for a few months then leaving it alone for a few more to let the dust settle, I'm now utterly convinced that these guys deserve a place here.

Everything Everything have an extraordinary knack of boiling down immensely complex musical ideas into tight, eclectic little pop songs, as these samples will hopefully demonstrate:











I'll stop there before I end up posting the whole album.

Personally I can't see them on PA but you can bypass me David, you know where the X-Over team thread lies. ;)

King By-Tor wrote: heh heh. I wasn't aware that there was a band by this name. i though this was a trolling thread

OK, let's have a listen, shall we ?

You mentioned this back when it was released, and I still think they're far too pop to belong anywhere on PA (and I don't just think that because they have the most annoying singer in the universe).

OK, well I won't throw a strop if they don't make it in (they certainly don't need the extra exposure), but I'd ask you all to consider this one really carefully. There is a real intricacy and depth to their sound which sets them miles apart from most pop, or indeed rock groups. They put me in mind of Gentle Giant at times, though they don't wear their tricky rhythms like a badge of honour in the same way. Stick on a pair of headphones and give those samples a couple of good thorough listens before making any snap judgements and you might see what I'm driving at here!

Chris S wrote: ^ Happy to add them to our evaluation chart and see what the team decides . Any myspace/www links?

The myspace player is currently cluttered with remixes and a cover song so it won't really be a good tool for evaluation. The album's on spotify, for those with access to that, or alternatively, we7. If neither of those work I'll happily compile a full list of youtube links in the correct order (it's all bound to be on there).

Their album Man Alive can be streamed for free on Grooveshark, although the tracks aren't numbered.

Crossover team final vote => REJECTED.